Wonne
[ˈvɔ.nə]Meaning
German word for joy, from Old High German wunna
Background Story
The German word goes back to Middle High German wunne and Old High German wunna, from Proto-West Germanic *wunnju and Proto-Germanic *wunjō, both meaning "joy". A user-submitted entry also records it as a given name in Dutch, where it is masculine, and in literature, where it is feminine.
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